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Stanislaus Cauer (18 October 1867,
He was the fourth of nine children born to the sculptor, 
He created statues in stone and bronze, as well as a number of fountains. In addition to the Schiller monument, his surviving works in Kaliningrad include a marble sculpture, "After the Bath", and three reliefs: two winged female figures and a Hercules. A statue known as "The Apple Thief" was destroyed. The " Putti Fountain", created in 1908 for the International Fountain Fair in Posen, was moved several times and fell into disrepair, until after 2000, when it was restored and placed on the grounds of the .''Er schuf Königsbergs Puttenbrunnen.''
In: '' Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung'', Folge 25-08, 21 June 2008.
Online
* Elke Masa: ''Stanislaus Cauer 1867–1943.'' Baltzer, 2000
Biography and commentary
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Stanislaus Cauer (18 October 1867, Bad Kreuznach
Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in th ...
- 8 March 1943, Königsberg) was a German sculptor, medallist
A medalist (or medallist) is an artist who designs medals, plaquettes, badges, metal medallions, coins and similar small works in relief in metal. Historically, medalists were typically also involved in producing their designs, and were usually e ...
and art teacher. He is best known for his monument to Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...
.
Life and work
He was the fourth of nine children born to the sculptor, Robert Cauer
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...
and his wife Auguste, née Schmidt. His younger brother, also became a sculptor.
At the age of fifteen, he began taking lessons from his father at their studio in Rome. He then went on several study trips to France and the Netherlands. After his father's death in 1893, he was persuaded to take over the studio in Bad Kreuznach, but became involved in family squabbles. In 1897, he returned to Rome and married Anna Chidel, the sister of one of his German friends there.
He was in Berlin by 1905 but, frustrated by the constant struggle to obtain commissions, he accepted an appointment to succeed Friedrich Reusch
Johann Friedrich Reusch (5 September 1843, Siegen - 15 October 1906, Agrigento) was a German sculptor and art teacher.
Biography
He was born to a long-established family of craftsmen. His father was a master carpenter. Initially, he was going ...
as a Professor and head of the sculpting classes at the Kunstakademie Königsberg. He was there for over thirty years. , , and were among his most notable students.
In 1925, he organized an exhibition at the Academy, which included works by Käthe Kollwitz. From 1931, he began making extended stays at the Villa Romana
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became ...
in Florence, where he created portrait bust
A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. The bust is generally a p ...
s. He retired from the academy in 1941. For most of his time there, he was a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin.
He died in 1943 and was buried in the graveyard at the Juditten Church. His grave has not been preserved.
He created statues in stone and bronze, as well as a number of fountains. In addition to the Schiller monument, his surviving works in Kaliningrad include a marble sculpture, "After the Bath", and three reliefs: two winged female figures and a Hercules. A statue known as "The Apple Thief" was destroyed. The " Putti Fountain", created in 1908 for the International Fountain Fair in Posen, was moved several times and fell into disrepair, until after 2000, when it was restored and placed on the grounds of the .In: '' Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung'', Folge 25-08, 21 June 2008.
References
Further reading
* Friedrich Back: "Cauer, Stanislaus". In: Ulrich Thieme (Ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Vol.6: Carlini–Cioci. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1912, pg.201Online
* Elke Masa: ''Stanislaus Cauer 1867–1943.'' Baltzer, 2000
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Biography and commentary
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